Here we go again. Lucy Obama holds the football and promises not to move it this time, so Charlie Brown Congressional Republicans agree to play. Here’s Eric Cantor saying they’ll “absolutely” go to O’s reform summit:
Yes, this the same Eric Cantor who yesterday said the following: “Unless the president and Speaker Pelosi are willing to scrap their government takeover and hit the reset button, there’s not much to talk about.”
Hmm … Could this be why they call the GOP the “stupid party”?
[via MM]
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In my humble opinion, I think this was a “set up” from the beginning. They have so infected the words “Health Care Reform” that it was an attempt to stamp the Republican leaders with the words “traitor” to most of the electorate while at the same time declaring they are the party of “no.” It was politically savvy and needs a politically savvy response. Tell them that the Republicans will absolutely attend a bi-partisan meeting about health care reform PROVIDING that they scrap the 2700 page plan that most Americans and apparently Democrats oppose and start anew. If not, then go to the Blair House and demand, in front of the media, that they do it, that the Republican leadership is willing and able to attend such a meeting, and will wait for their answer before walking inside the building. I’d plan a rally on that day, complete with tea party-like supporters, congressmen and congresswomen holding signs, giving speeches, and the like requesting that the Administration and Democrats in power REALLY have a valid conversation. Don’t let them control the “field of battle” and turn it into your own advantage. It’s not just politics, it means everything to real people. Expose and turn their cynical political manuevers into something positive and inspiring for the people you represent.
Posted 10 Feb 2010 at 12:45 am ¶Post a Comment